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PIN TICKET 0R TAG- No. 340,961. Patented Apr. 27, 1886.

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ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN 0. ST. JOHN, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO ALONZO KIMBALL, OF SAME PLACE.

PIN-TICKET OR TAG.

ESPEQEFEGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 340,961, dated April 27,1886.

Application filed February 6, 1886.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN 0. ST. JOHN, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pin- Tickets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to tags or pin-tickets to be used for general purposes as a designating'tag; and it consists in providing the edge of a card with a staple-shaped pin formed by passing the ends through the card from the face thereof and bending the loop portion of the staple over the edge from the face to the I 5 back. in such a manner that the loop portion will form a support and an abutment for the shanks of the prongs of the staple, thereby not only securely clamping the staple on the card and preventing its displacement, but also very 2o materially strengthening the prongs of the sta ple in the line of their insertion when applied to use.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a perspective view of my invention, looking at it from the rear portion thereof. Fig. 2 is a top or plan view. Fig. 3 is a cross-section. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the staple detached from the card.

The letter A designates the card; B, the face, and G the back thereof. D indicates the staple, having the usual loop, a, and prongs c c. Adjacent to the upper edge of the card A, I prefer to attach the staple O, as hereinafter explained; but it is evident it may be applied to the other edges of the card, if found more convenient. Both ends of the staple are passed through the card from the face to the back thereof. Then the loop portion a of the staple is bent over the edge of the card, so that said loop portion of the staple lies substantially flat on the back of the card, and at the same time bears against the shanks of the prongs c 0, thereby not only forming an abut- 5 ment and support one for the other, which Very materially adds to the strength of the Serial No. 191,019. (No model.)

tag, but also tending to lock each other and clamp the staple on the card, holding them so firmly that their displacement one from the other is prevented.

By placing the staple in the upper portion of the card and bending the loop to lie in the space between the shanks of the prongs, the prongs of the staple are very materially strengthenedinthelineoftheirinsertion,which 5 is the plane of the card, by preventing the ends or prongs from bending, the loop affording an abutment for that portion of the prongs.

By clamping the edge of the card with the loop of the staple, so that a portion thereof will lie approximately flat on both the face and back thereof, and having the staple-loop portion press against the prongs, a safeguard is formed against the card being. torn by the staple, by relieving the edge of the card from strain and preventing the staple from turning in the card.

I do not claim in this application the construction shown and described in my application for a patent filed September 12, 1885, Serial No. 176,895; but

That I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A tag or pin-ticket consisting of a card, A, and staple B, attached to said card, as shown, the ends of the staple being passed through the card from the face, and the loop portion thereof being bent over the edge of the card to lie substantiallyfiat on both the face and back portions thereof and between the prongs of the staple on the back of the card, thereby affording a support and an abutment for the prongs, and clamping and locking the staple on the card, substantially as herein shown and described.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 2d day of February, A. D. 1886.

JOHN

C ST. JOHN. \Vitnesses FRANCIS O. BOWEN,

JAS. S. EWBANK. 

